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Mets can sign Dickey, but will first consider trading him or Niese

I keep hearing from people in baseball who say the Mets can lock up R.A. Dickey for the next three years at around $25 million. However, they haven’t pulled the trigger, so I assume this means they’re still listening to offers for trades from other teams.

However, the offers have been underwhelming, according to reports, so I bet they’re leaning toward keeping him. And, I hear the two sides are considering a meeting in Nashville next week, with all key parties present, at which point this could hopefully reach a conclusion, assuming any last minute efforts to trade him fall short.

This is why I still believe Jon Niese is significantly more likely to get traded next week than anyone else on the roster, which is something I’ve been saying for nearly a year. I think they’ll do it if he can deliver a legit, major-league bat, like a Justin Upton or a Wil Myers. However, the Mets won’t move Niese if the offers continue to be weak.

Teams with interest in Niese are also talking with free-agent Zack Grienke and communicating with the Red Sox about Jon Lester and the Rays about James Shields, and probably other young pitchers. It’s an educated guess, but I’d assume the Royals, D-Backs, A’s, Red Sox, Blue Jays and Angels should all have interest in Niese, considering we’ve reports linking them to similar targets.

Basically, I’ve been told Sandy Alderson is essentially playing this like Billy Beane handled Gio Gonzalez last winter, and he’ll only pull the trigger if the market comes to him. He isn’t going to chase it and make a deal just to make a deal… but, moving Niese is clearly an option and something being considered, as it should be. His big problem seems to be the Rays, who are also desperately looking to acquire a similar young bat, but they have more arms to trade.

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A deal is not close between Mets and Dickey at the moment. But as team showed with Wright this week, they can get aggressive quickly.

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No plans yet for Dickey to meet with Mets in Nashville, but he's willing to if necessary.

"You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."

Ed Coleman just said the Mets are more likely to trade Dickey than sign him.

"You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."

Spoke with a team insider this afternoon who said same thing I speculated on before. Talks with Dickey "could heat up really soon."

"You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."

Do these reporters have inside info, or are they pulling stuff out of their crack?

"You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."

"You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."